Re: [SQL] how to preserve \n in select statement

2003-12-23 Thread Iain
Isn't the simple answer to use bind variables? SQL using bind variables instead of making a new SQL string each time will prevent malicious users from invoking functions and inserting other sql, as well as handle the original problem regarding storage of newlines vs \n. I don't know much about Po

Re: [SQL] how do i get differences between rows

2003-12-23 Thread Bruno Wolff III
On Thu, Dec 18, 2003 at 12:21:35 +, teknokrat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am after an sql query that can give the differnces between consecutive > timestamp values in the resultset. > anyone know how to do this? I think you can do something like the following (untested) on most systems. s

Re: [SQL] Distributed keys

2003-12-23 Thread Tom Lane
Michael Glaesemann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'm interested in hearing what others have to say, especially along the > lines of implementation. I haven't seen much discussion of distributed > keys on the lists (other than Josh Berkus), so perhaps there isn't much > interest. Would there be a

[SQL] Distributed keys

2003-12-23 Thread Michael Glaesemann
Hello all! An area of the relational database model that is not included in the SQL standard are distributed keys and distributed foreign keys. A quick example (Case 1): employees (id, name); schools (name, location); teachers (employee_id, school_name); subs (employee_id); managers (employee_i

[SQL] Historic Query using a view/function ?

2003-12-23 Thread Chris Gamache
...Postgresql 7.2... I'm building the history of a table using rules. I've been trying to figure out a way to select on a table as it would have appeared in a point in time. I can't seem to wrap my brain around the problem, tho. Given some tables CREATE TABLE list ( num int4 NOT NULL, name

Re: [SQL] INHERITS and Foreign keys

2003-12-23 Thread Chris Travers
Hi Pedro; I understand that at the moment it is more of a design limitation than a bug. I think we should vote the desired behavior as a feature request, however. Best Wishes, Chris Travers - Original Message - From: "Pedro" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> Foreign keys, unique and primary key

Re: [SQL] restoring database

2003-12-23 Thread Markus Bertheau
Ð ÐÐÐ, 22.12.2003, Ð 18:53, scott.marlowe ÐÐÑÐÑ: > On Mon, 22 Dec 2003, Theodore Petrosky wrote: > > > As I am not someone with a lot of experience > > (depending on the size of the 'dumpall') I would > > create a new database to suck up the 'all' then > > pg_dump the table I really cared abou

Re: [SQL] Pgaccess problem on RedhatLinux9

2003-12-23 Thread Richard Huxton
On Tuesday 23 December 2003 05:49, vijaykumar M wrote: > Hi All, > Previously i was used RedhatLinux7.2 & Postgres7.4, that time i'm able > to use the pgaccess command to view the tables. >Presently, i'm using RedhatLinux9 & Postgres7.4, here i'm not able to > use the pgaccess command. It i